Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame

The Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame is a non-profit, volunteer organization that recognizes women who have contributed to history of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

History

The organization was founded and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2010 to recognize accomplished women who have impacted the development of the state of Tennessee and improved the status of other women.[1] It is the brainchild of the Women's Economic Council Foundation, Inc. and the Tennessee Economic Council on Women.[2]

Criteria

The criteria for induction into the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame is that women were born in and achieved recognition within the state; are or have a resident in Tennessee for an extended period of time or adopted Tennessee as their home state. Additional criteria includes women who,:[3]

  • Have made significant, unique and permanent contributions to the economic, political and cultural betterment of Tennessee;
  • Have elevated the status of women;
  • Have promoted other women and women’s issues;
  • Have been advocates for those issues which are important to women and families

Inductees

The hall inducts new members annually or bi-annually and includes both contemporary and historical women or organizations which benefit women.[4]

Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame
Name Image Birth–Death Year Area of achievement
Joy Bishop(1934-)2015First career Air Force woman appointed to the Senior Executive Service[5] and served as the Women's Program Coordinator.[6]
Lizzie Crozier French(1851-1926)2015Founder of the Knoxville Female Institute and the Tennessee Suffrage Association[7]
Elizabeth Rona (de)(1890-1981)2015First woman to teach chemistry in any university in Hungary, in the United States, she served on the Manhattan Project[8]
Janice M. Holder(1949-)2015First woman Chief Justice of Tennessee[9]
Rosetta Miller-Perry(1934-)[10]2015Founder of the Greater Nashville Black Chamber of Commerce, and co-founder, publisher and journalist of Perry & Perry Publishing Company[11]
Margaret Rhea Seddon(1947-)2015One of the inaugural group of women astronauts of NASA[12]
Zulfat Suara2015[13]Chair and founder of the American Muslim Council of Tennessee[14]
Carol Gardner Transou20151987 Tennessee Teacher of the Year and first Tennessee Teacher-Scholar of the National Endowment for the Humanities[15]
Margaret L. Behm (c. 1951)[16]2013Co-founded Shipley & Behm, the first all-woman law firm in Nashville[17]
Wilsie S. Bishop(1949)[18]2013First woman Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of East Tennessee State University[19]
M. Inez Crutchfield(c. 1925-)[20]2013First African American to hold an appointed and elected statewide position in the Tennessee State Federation of Democratic Women[21]
Shirley C. Raines(1945-)[22]2013President of the University of Memphis[23]
Becca Stevens(1963-)2013Founder of Magdalene House[24]
Jocelyn Wurzburg(1940-)[25]2013Orchestrated an interfaith and inter-racial group response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.[26]
Pat Summitt(1952-2016)2011Most all-time wins for a coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division[27]
Martha Craig Daughtrey(1942-)2010First Tennessee woman to be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit[28]
Jane G. Eskind(1933-2016)2010First woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee[29][30]
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References
  1. "Former nuclear physics teacher in OR to be inducted into TN Women's Hall of Fame". Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Oak Ridge Today. October 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. "About". Nashville, Tennessee: Women's Economic Council Foundation. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. "Nominations Open June 5th for the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame 2015 Induction Cycle" (PDF). Newsletter of the Tennessee Economic Council on Women. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Economic Council on Women: 3. May 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  4. "Nominations open for Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame 2015". Nashville, Tennessee: The Daily Times. June 14, 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  5. "Joy Bishop". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  6. "Federally Employed Women Hear Reports". Del Rio, Texas: Del Rio News Herald. 1 March 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 1 January 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Lizzie Crozier French". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  8. "Elizabeth Rona". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  9. "Janice M. Holder". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  10. "Rosetta Miller-Perry". Chicago, Illinois: The History Makers. 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  11. "Rosetta Miller Perry". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  12. "Rhea Seddon". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  13. "Zulfat Suara". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  14. "American Muslim Advisory Council". San Jose, California: Islamic Networks Group. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  15. "Carol Gardner Transou". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  16. "Margaret L. Behm". Nashville, Tennessee: Dodson Parker Behm and Capparella PC. 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  17. "Margaret Behm". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  18. Laube, Leigh Ann (February 3, 2014). "Willing to say 'YES": Women's hall of fame honors ETSU Vice President". Kingsport, Tennessee: Times News. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  19. "Wilsie S. Bishop". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  20. Clay, Wanda (November 1, 2013). "Inez Crutchfield inducted into the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame". Nashville, Tennessee: Nashville Pride. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  21. "Inez Crutchfield". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  22. "Shirley C. Raines". New York City, New York: Bloomberg Business Profiles. 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  23. "Shirley Raines". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  24. "Becca Stevens". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  25. Freeman, Sarah Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly (1 October 2010). Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-8203-3901-6.
  26. "Jocelyn Dan Wurzburg". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  27. "Pat Summitt". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  28. "Martha Craig Daughtrey". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  29. "Jane G. Eskind". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  30. Boucher, Dave; Tamburin, Adam (August 6, 2016). "Jane Eskind, Tennessee trailblazer and Louisville native, dead at 83". Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2019.

Further reading
  • Freeman, Sarah Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene; Helper-Ferris, Laura (2009). Tennessee Women Their Lives and Times. 1. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2948-2.
  • Freeman, Sarah Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene (2015). Tennessee Women Their Lives and Times. 2. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3742-5.
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